Opinion
4:20-cr-254-DPM
01-11-2023
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. OTHELLO LAMAR JOHNSON, JR. PLAINTIFF DEFENDANT
ORDER
D.P. MARSHALL JR., UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
1. After conferring with counsel, Othello Lamar Johnson, Jr. consented to a plea hearing before Magistrate Judge Beth Deere. On de novo review, the Court adopts her recommendation, Doc. 40. No objections were filed and the time to do so has passed.
2. Johnson, who had previously been convicted of a felony, knowingly possessed a firearm with a connection to interstate commerce on 31 August 2019 in the Eastern District of Arkansas, as charged in count one of the Indictment. He made a knowing and voluntary choice to plead guilty. The Court accepts his guilty plea and convicts him of the offense.
3. A hearing notice for sentencing and a Scheduling Order will issue.
So Ordered.